"CCTV5, CCTV5, viewers. We are now broadcasting a game that has attracted much attention from domestic fans in recent times. In the first round of the Italian Football League in 2005/06, AC Milan faces Cagliari at home." Wang Jianxiang, who is responsible for broadcasting Serie A, started his work.

"This game is as predicted before the game. AC Milan's head coach Ancelotti sent Zhang Jun as the starting striker. I think this is also a recognition of Zhang Jun's strength." Commentary guest Zhang Xiaolu began to analyze the lineups of both sides for everyone. He and Wang Jianxiang are old partners, and long before Wang Jianxiang entered CCTV, he had already started football commentary work. At that time, he was partnered with him.

"AC Milan has a 4312 formation they are good at, and Yang Pan did not start. Zhang Jun's performance in this game will be a highlight. The Italian league focuses on defense, and the forwards can get few opportunities. Under dense defense, the space for forwards to move is also very limited. Zhang Jun doesn't know if he can adapt to this style of football. He is a center forward who rarely retreats to get the ball. AC Milan is home court again. They are stronger than their opponents and will definitely play against Cagliari, so that Zhang Jun's room can play smaller and smaller."

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The referee glanced at the fourth official on the sidelines and saw that he was signaling that the game could start, so he lowered his head to confirm the kick-off time, and then blew the whistle to start the new season.

As soon as Cagliari came up, he adopted a tactic of steady defense and counterattacking. In terms of offense, he relied on the frontcourt trident composed of Zola, Langella and Esposito to threaten the rear of Milan.

According to Ancelotti's request, Zhang Jun must stand in the penalty area. Shepchenko will often retreat, switch positions on the left and right sides, and run in a volatile manner. In short, Cagliari's defender cannot catch him.

But Zhang Jun doesn't like to stay in the penalty area as an Inzagji-style forward. He wants to be like Sheva, without a fixed position, with more opportunities to get the ball, and can attack with the ball. Basten once told him that as a center, you need to have a ball under your feet. A center without a ball is basically equivalent to not exist. Scoring a goal is the only mission of the center, no matter what method is used.

Zhang Jun always kept this sentence in mind. He wanted a ball under his feet, and he wanted to show himself.

In the fourth minute of the game, Cagliari's attack was ended by Nesta, Milan launched a counterattack, and Pirlo handed the ball to Kaka. Kaka took advantage of Cagliari's time to return to defense and dribbled the ball in the middle. San Siro cheered. People had seen this Brazilian guy dribbled the ball and passed several long-distance raids with one person, but they were always unsatisfied.

As soon as Kaka passed through the middle circle, Shepchenko and Zhang Jun ran away from left to right. This is a tactic to attract the opponent's defense and make Kakala break through the middle lane.

Cagliari has obviously studied Milan's tactical style, and the two defenders followed Shepchenko and Zhang Jun respectively. However, a central defender was still on guard. At the same time, Cagliari's midfielder was still fighting against Kaka, striving not to let him add up the speed.

If this continues, Kaka is under great pressure. He must pass the football out as soon as possible, otherwise there will be a risk of being cut off.

Kaka has a unique advantage. He can always hold his head up while driving at high speed without looking at his feet, which provides a good suddenness for his passes in the dribble.

Kaka found that the pressure on Shevan was greater. Cagliari's defenders were very afraid of him, but they did not pay enough attention to Zhang Jun. He smiled and immediately let you suffer.

He pulled the football in the direction of Sheva, and looked like he was about to pass it to him at any time. The defenders were indeed more alert. The Ukrainian nuclear warhead was the best scorer in Serie A last two seasons, which is rare in Serie A, which is important in defense.

As for that Chinese... the media are so hype!

Kaka laughed and turned his body to the left, which further strengthened the speculation of Cagliari defenders. But he poked the football in the opposite direction with his right foot and passed it diagonally!

The football happened to pass between the middle defender and the guard Zhang Jun.

"Zhang Jun was separated from outside, and it seems that he could not get the ball! The goalkeeper attacked..." The Italian commentator felt something was wrong as he spoke.

Cagliari's defender Bega was only concerned about pushing Zhang Jun out, not paying attention to the position of the ball. He wanted to block Zhang Jun's position and then let the goalkeeper attack and get the ball directly. It can be said that this is the right choice. But he underestimated Zhang Jun's explosive power. Kaka knew very well, so he passed this way. The ball did not make a mistake, and it should be said that it had been planned.

Sure enough, Zhang Jun understood Kaka's intention and kicked his right leg hard. Just this kick, his body took a half step forward, and then he cut inside and blocked the opponent behind him!

His acceleration surprised the audience, too fast! In just a moment, it was more than half a seat.

Zhang Jun, who had stuck his position, exerted force again, changed direction and forced into the middle lane. He slipped away from Bega's eyes like a loach.

Goalkeeper Katergiannakis had already jumped to save the ball, but Zhang Jun took a quick step and stretched out his left leg and stabbed the ball away from the goalkeeper's hand!

"Amazing explosive power! Zhang Jun turned an opportunity that was not an opportunity into an opportunity!"

Zhang Jun just poked the football with his left foot, and then he jumped over the goalkeeper, caught up with the football, and then swung his left leg to prepare to shoot!

Now Cagliari is an empty gate!

Is Zhang Jun going to score his first goal in Serie A?

Ancelotti stood up.

Wang Jianxiang even held his breath at that moment and prepared to cheer for Zhang Jun's goal.

But Yang Pan frowned.

Zhang Jun provided support with his right foot, pulled his left foot towards the football, and at the same time he twisted his upper body and leaned to the left. However, at the most critical moment, his body tilted over the head, and then his left foot was driven and slid a little, but the football barely flew over the crossbar!

A huge sigh!

If this goal is scored, AC Milan and Zhang Jun will both get a good start, but unfortunately...

"Shot...ah! Zhang Jun hit the ball high, although it was only a little higher. He missed an excellent opportunity!"

After shooting, Zhang Jun fell to the ground and beat the grass in annoyance. How great it would be if the ball was entered!

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"How great it would be if this ball was scored!" Wang Jianxiang sighed.

"Yes, but I think Zhang Jun shouldn't miss the ball..." Zhang Xiaolu raised his own question. "I always feel that Zhang Jun's movements are a bit weird..."

"Well, there will be a replay soon, let's take a look together."

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The TV broadcast replayed everything just now. While the Italian commentator was surprised by Zhang Jun's momentary acceleration, he also angrily questioned the referee on duty: "Calli's goalkeeper grabbed Zhang Jun's foot, otherwise he would not have missed it, so why not award a penalty?!"

But he ignored that as long as Zhang Jun did not give up, the referee could not stop. What if Zhang Jun scored the ball? So just keep silent.

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"So that's the case... But the referee is really not good-looking, because he is too fast and Zhang Jun did not fall into the penalty area, otherwise he would not be able to whistle and stop the game..." Zhang Xiaolu shook his head. Zhang Jun is really persistent, but sometimes he is too persistent, isn't it a good thing?

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Although Zhang Jun did not score this goal, everyone also saw part of his strength - explosive power. That was really terrifying. He overtook half a step after just one step, which made the defender unable to defend.

Milan players were very clear about this. Zhang Jun surprised them at the training ground. When he and Nesta were one-on-one, they did not have any fancy moves, just changed directions, knocking the football to the other side, and then surpassed Nesta with his own acceleration. Whether it was explosive power, technology and in-going consciousness, he was very good. It was hard to believe that he had suffered serious injuries that almost caused him to retire. When the Milan laboratory conducted a physical examination for him as usual, he was surprised to find that Zhang Jun's two ankles were very healthy, especially his left ankle, and there was no trace of injury. Zhang Jun told them that this was the effect of traditional Chinese medicine, and they all were stunned. Galliani even had the impulse to go to China to look for hidden masters now.

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After showing his amazing explosive power in just four minutes of the opening game, Zhang Jun was completely relaxed and became more active.

The advantage of being pushed to the front is that Zhang Jun can get closer to the goal and have more chances to shoot. He has three shots in 20 minutes, which are extremely threatening.

Li Yan in the stands said to Cagliani with great pride: "Did you see it? Zhang Jun is a world-class. Many Italian journalists underestimate him just because he is a Chinese from Warrendam. After this game, you must change your opinion!"

"Hey, I never underestimated him, so you have to say 'they' instead of 'you'." Cagliari didn't want to.

"Haha, OK, OK! It's them, not you..."

But as time goes by, Li Yan discovered a serious problem.

Zhang Jun's style of playing football is still the same as he did in the Netherlands. He always intentionally or unintentionally caused the team to waste some opportunities because he held the ball for too long. Shepchenko alone ran into the space twice, but Zhang Jun lowered his head and dribbled the ball without seeing it, which made Sheva helpless.

Moreover, as Zhang Jun's time to hold the ball increases, the defenders pay more and more attention to him, and Zhang Jun was eaten by two defenders several times.

Looking at the fierce movements of the defenders, Li Yan was a little worried about Zhang Jun's left foot.

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As soon as Zhang Jun turned around, he was held by Cagliari's defender Berga and fell to the ground with both hands. This action similar to judo could not escape his magic eyes. The referee gave Berga a yellow card and awarded AC Milan a 26-meter free kick.

After Zhang Jun came, Milan had more choices in the free kick pick, but it was not easy to deal with.

Zhang Jun's free kick was good and got a true pass from Baggio, but Ancelotti also had to take care of Pirlo's emotions. Finally, he took out a free kick on both sides of the left and right free kick, and the free kick with a high chance of scoring was given to Zhang Jun's plan.

Shepchenko sacrificed again - he was originally the No. 2 free kicker of Milan, but after Zhang Jun came, he became No. 3.

Influenced by the right-wing thought of former chairman Berlusconi, AC Milan players are basically the kind of obedient "good kids". Although they are famous but not very tempered. Even Gatuso, who looks fierce, is a kind person. Therefore, this environment should be considered good for Zhang Jun. He doesn't have to worry about how to please the big-name stars in the team. He only needs to rely on his performance on the court to win respect and trust.

Zhang Jun stood in front of the ball with full confidence, and he would personally take the free kick he created himself.

People have seen his smile in the Netherlands, so can they see him in Milan and in Italy?

Zhang Jun took three steps back, took a deep breath, and then heard the referee's whistle, he spitted out his breath, assisted, swung his feet, and volleyed!

The football just bypassed Cagliari's wall, and then fell down accurately, towards the bottom corner of the goal. Zhang Jun's shot was very tricky!

Cagliari's goalkeeper Katgianakis almost didn't respond because he couldn't believe that Zhang Jun dared to shoot such a low arc at a distance of 26 meters.

It seems that Zhang Jun’s cluster of cows is inevitable, and Wang Jianxiang is ready to cheer again.

But the football fell to the ground in front of the goal and bounced, and then hit the outside of the goal post, rubbing out of the bottom line!

Missed the opportunity again!

Zhang Jun put his hands together, looked up at the sky and sighed.

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The chances in the first half were limited, Zhang Jun missed four, and AC Milan still did not score at the end of the half. It can be seen that the players have not found any sense of this first round of the league.

The first half was generally a bit dull.

During the halftime break, Ancelotti first praised Zhang Jun for his enthusiasm, but he also criticized Zhang Jun for holding too many balls. "Be careful that you are not in the Netherlands now, and the Italian defenders are not comparable to the Netherlands. Sometimes you should try to get the ball as fast as possible. As a forward striker, don't let the football stay under your feet for too long."

What else can Zhang Jun say? Nodded to express his acceptance. Judging from the first half, he actually didn't realize how difficult it is to deal with the Italian defender. The difficulty also gave him four opportunities? He was only a little lucky. He believed that if he worked hard in the second half, he would definitely be able to score.

Yang Pan touched Zhang Jun and asked him softly: "Why did you barely shoot at the opportunity that just started?"

Zhang Jun replied in a low voice: "I think I should be able to score, so..."

Yang Pan sighed: "If you go as the goalkeeper pulls you, it's a penalty kick that is unquestionable. Even if it's not your penalty, it's your assist. Then isn't the start much better than if you missed four opportunities now? Isn't it a fool!"

Zhang Jun did not refute it. He knew that what Yang Pan said was very reasonable. Doing that way was not a fake fall, but a "reasonable use of the rules". But in terms of his personal habits, he was unwilling to do that, because as long as he didn't become a dead ball, he would not give up his plan to shoot.

Not to mention fake falls, he can't even "use the rules rationally". Although he is a penalty kicker in Warren Dam, he feels that no matter from any aspect, penalty kicks are not as refreshing and energetic as scoring goals in a sports game.

Yang Pan knew that he could not change Zhang Jun's thoughts. He just vented his depression. The only thing that changed his expression in the first half was this time. He knew Zhang Jun's current situation very well, and Kaka only told him that when listening to the old players chatting, he thought that head coach Ancelotti actually didn't like him very much. He felt that spending 8.5 million euros to buy another striker to tighten his money is too luxurious now. If Zhang Jun cannot prove that he is worth the money as soon as possible, his fate in Milan is really hard to say. That's why Yang Pan is so anxious about Zhang Jun.

As for Yang Pan himself, when he came to the wealthy AC Milan, he had already realized the idea of ​​sitting on the bench for a long time. Anyway, sitting on the bench is also a kind of training and learning, and his impetuous heart was wiped out in Bologna's substitute career in the first half of Bologna's season.

The second half began, and Zhang Jun reduced the time to hold the ball. Unfortunately, Cagliari compressed the defense and made him, the center, feel uncomfortable. The midfielder could only pass the ball to Shepchenko who was retreating. If the first half was Zhang Jun's performance time, then the second half became Sheva's performance time. Zhang Jun watched Sheva break through the ball and shoot after many times.

As Zhang Jun, who is better than Sheva's header, Milan still lacks a good cross from the wing, so his ability to grab points is not enough.
To be continued...